MetaQuotes Software, the developer of the popular MetaTrader 4 (MT4) and MetaTrader 5 (MT5) platforms, keeps courting the users of the MT4 and MT5 mobile applications. On Tuesday, a new version (4.0.947) of the MT4 application for iOS devices was released, with the enhancements in the latest update focusing on enhancing security. Now, users of…
Read moreBelgium's Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) today warned the public against the activities of various "boiler rooms" and “recovery rooms” that are contacting Belgian consumers. The number of new additions to the Warning List exceeds a dozen, with the list including companies that exert pressure on customers to buy little-known shares or exotic financial…
Read moreThe Boards of the London Metal Exchange (LME) and LME Clear on Tuesday announced the appointment of Antony Stuart as an independent non-executive director. Mr Stuart is a chartered accountant with 30 years of experience as an investment banker and corporate adviser. Before his retirement in 2011, he was Managing Director at NM Rothschild. Mr…
Read moreSouth Africa's Financial Services Board (FSB) has issued a public warning against conducting financial services business with TradingBanks, an offshore FX firm, purporting to be a registered entity. The regulator notes that TradingBanks is not authorised to render financial services in South Africa and is not a representative of an authorised financial services provider as…
Read moreTo mark SaxoTraderGO's 1st anniversary, Saxo Bank has decided to share some of the stats the HTML5 platform has seen and achieved over the past 12 months.
Read moreChicago-based futures brokerage and clearing firm R.J. O’Brien & Associates (RJO) announces today that its London-based affiliate R.J. O’Brien Europe Limited (RJO Europe) has appointed Peter Jerrom and John Burt as Senior Vice Presidents, Listed Foreign Exchange (FX) Brokers. Mr Jerrom and Mr Burt both previously served as Co-Head of Exchange-Traded FX at Sigma Broking…
Read moreECN trading platform Fortex, Inc. today announces the launch of its xForce Prime of Prime Suite for FX Brokerage companies. xForce Prime of Prime is an end-to-end, prime-of-prime solution aiming to enable banks and brokerages, looking to become FX liquidity providers, to distribute their price streams directly to their partners' systems. FX Brokerages can now onboard…
Read moreAs May advances, we see more companies report their volumes metrics for April 2016. Thus far, it is too early to speak of a coherent pattern of results, as some saw trading volumes rise while others registered declines. ASX, which earlier today published its monthly activity report for April 2016, saw a steep drop in…
Read moreBitPay, a Bitcoin payments solutions company with offices in Atlanta, San Francisco and Amsterdam today launched the BitPay Visa Card, a debit card available to consumers across America in all 50 states. The BitPay Card can be loaded from any bitcoin wallet. There are zero fees on bitcoin top-ups, and you can load up to $10,000 per day in…
Read moreInternational payments services provider OFX, or Ozforex Group Ltd (ASX:OFX), today announces the launch of a 24/7 service, meaning that its customers will be able to transact on weekends too. The move is in line with the corporate strategy that envisages increased focus on customers. The service will enable customers to transact online, speak to…
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